macrocephaly
noun
macrocephaly is a noun meaning “A condition in which the head is abnormally large” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-C-R-O-C-E-P-H-A-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 65 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of macrocephaly is macrocephalies.
What does macrocephaly mean?
noun
- 1
A condition in which the head is abnormally large.
- 2
The excessive concentration of population and development in a single centre, to the detriment of other areas.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of macrocephaly
- macrocephalies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is macrocephaly?
Macrocephaly appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Macrocephaly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a condition in which the head is abnormally large:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | macrocéphalie |
| German | Makrozephalie |
| Portuguese | macrocefalia |
| Spanish | macrocefalia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does macrocephaly come from?
From macro- + -cephaly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).